Dining Out: San Jose: Plumed Horse, Manresa

Two gems lie in the shadow of the Santa Cruz Mountains

San Jose, a city bigger than San Francisco, anchors Silicon Valley at the southern end of the Bay Area. It has population and wealth, and abuts a modest but historic wine region, Santa Cruz Mountains. But unlike its neighbor to the north, San Jose rarely attracts nonlocals to its restaurants.

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